November 26, 2013

Cowboys to wear blue jerseys but no throwback helmets on Thanksgiving Day because of safety concerns

The Cowboys had planned to wear their throwback blue jerseys and their throwback helmets for Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day game against the Raiders.

But that was before the NFL sent out memo in September banning throwback helmets because of safety concerns regarding concussions because may not be broken in properly.

Without the throwback helmets off the table, the Cowboys decided against the throwback jerseys and will go with the regular blue road jerseys against the Raiders.

Vice-president Stephen Jones said it’s all about “putting player safety first and foremost.”

“I don’t know that it’s a given by moving from one helmet to another that it’s an issue but we haven’t proven that it’s not either,” Jones said. “So anytime we’re always going to err on the side of safety, so it’s going to give us a new look this year, but some times there’s nothing wrong with that either. We’ll continue to look at that. It doesn’t mean you won’t see alternative helmets in the future but we want to make sure right now we always err on the side of payer safety until we’ve really dotted our I’s and crossed our T’s.”

This will be the first time since 1964 that the Cowboys will wear their blue jersey at home and it not be a throwback.